Matisse Software Announces Support for Microsoft's new .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005
Matisse Software brings to market a rich platform for delivering the next generation of state-of-the-art applications and services.

Mountain View, CA - January 16, 2006 – Matisse Software today announces support for Microsoft’s new .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. Visual Studio 2005 and Matisse 7 combine to form a rich platform for delivering the next generation of state-of-the-art applications and services.

With Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0, Microsoft continues to lead innovation in developer productivity and to enable its partners like Matisse Software to become more competitive. For example, the ADO.NET 2.0 Framework has been greatly enhanced to make it easier for software vendors that support running on the user's choice of database, as well as programmers who think that the database might change (from Microsoft SQL Server to Matisse, for example) during the lifetime of the project.

“SQL Server 2005 speaks to those who aren't terribly interested in writing complex logic,” said Didier Cabannes, CEO of Matisse Software, “so combining Matisse 7 with Visual Studio 2005 represents one of the best value propositions in the marketplace to implement scalable complex applications and services that developers could only dream to build until now.” Cabannes continued: “Our objective is to empower clients to act on untapped complex data so they can drive revenue growth as they never thought possible before.”

The new Matisse .NET binding for the .NET 2.0 Framework is immediately available for download on the Matisse Software web site. Specific advantages for developers using Matisse 7 with Visual Studio 2005 include:

• Simplified and accelerated development through the fusion of native object support and SQL
• High performance on complex data that goes beyond the modeling capabilities of legacy relational databases
• Object Access Services for .NET

About Matisse Software
Matisse Software, Inc. delivers database software and services to companies that need to rapidly, and cost effectively, develop and deploy scalable applications and services. Matisse, the company's flagship product, is the first ever SQL-Object programmable data server on the market. Matisse has enabled developers across the world to implement applications and services that require high performance on complex data that goes beyond the modeling capabilities of legacy relational databases. The Matisse database has been powering mission critical systems including nuclear power plants and pharmaceutical plants for over a decade. Matisse Software Inc. is a privately held company. For more information visit www.matisse.com.

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Matisse Software, Inc. Press Contact
Claude Ezran
cezran@matisse.com
www.matisse.com